An analysis of cytokine status in the serum and effusions of patients with tuberculous and lung cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-30

  Chen, Yuh Min ^a,b   Yang, Wen Kuang ^c   Whang Peng, Jacqueline ^c   Tsai, Chun Ming ^a,b   Perng, Reury Perng ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Colony stimulating factor; Granulocyte macrophage; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Lung cancer; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 0035197916     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5002(00)00165-3     Document Type: Article

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